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How the pandemic has affected private venues and public events

A meeting room at The Venue at Friendship Springs is set up for a corporate event Friday, March 12, 2021. Venue owner Jon Wayne is keeping his business afloat despite a sharp downturn in event sizes at the popular venue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - photo by Scott Rogers

03132021 COVIDevents 1.jpg — A meeting room at The Venue at Friendship Springs is set up for a corporate event Friday, March 12, 2021. Venue owner Jon Wayne is keeping his business afloat despite a sharp downturn in event sizes at the popular venue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - photo by Scott Rogers

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, Jon Wayne, co-owner of The Venue at Friendship Springs in Braselton, shut his events facility down for five months.